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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival
material held in the Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are
physically available in our reading room, and not digitally available
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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National
Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.

Henry Bacon McKoy (1893-1991) was a lawyer of Wilmington, N.C. He was the son of William
Berry McKoy (1862-1928) and Katherine (Bacon) McKoy, and his maternal grandfather
was Henry Bacon (1822-1891). The collection consists of letters, wills, deeds, business papers, genealogical compilations,
albums, writings, printed matter, and other materials (originals and copies) relating
to the McKoy family, Bacon family, Usher family, Berry family, and related families
of the lower Cape Fear Valley of North Carolina. The papers are organized into 116
units based on names and topics. The materials were gathered or created by William
Berry McKoy (1852-1928) with additions and organization by his son, Henry Bacon McKoy,
and includes genealogical correspondence and writings of Henry Bacon (1822-1891),
railroad executive and government port engineer.

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,
as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Henry Bacon McKoy Papers, #3803, Southern Historical
Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Henry Bacon McKoy of Greenville, S.C., November 1967.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1a.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or
confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy
laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §
132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of
State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.).
Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to
identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent
of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under
common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's
private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable
person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no
responsibility.

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Headings
suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the
entire collection; the terms do
not usually represent
discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or
items.

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Henry Bacon (1822-1891) was a civil engineer, railroad executive, and stock broker.
Bacon was born in Natick, Mass., but lived at Smithville and Wilmington, N.C., 1867-1891,
while working with the United States government engineers in connection with river,
port, and coastal facilities. His son, Henry Bacon Jr. (1866-1924), was an architect.
His daughter Katherine married William Berry McKoy.

William Berry McKoy (1852-1928) of Wilmington, N.C., was a lawyer and political leader.
McKoy conducted extensive genealogical and historical research in connection with
his family and the lower Cape Fear valley region of North Carolina. His parents were
William H. McKoy and Francenia Eliza Berry McKoy. His paternal grandparents were William
and Anne Hall McKoy; and his maternal grandparents were William Augustus Berry (1804-1875)
and Eliza Anne Usher Berry. William Berry McKoy and Katherine Bacon McKoy had a son,
Henry Bacon McKoy.

The collection includes letters, wills, deeds, business papers, genealogical compilations,
albums, writings, printed matter, and other materials (originals and copies) relating
to the McKoy, Bacon, Usher, Berry, and related families of the lower Cape Fear Valley
of North Carolina. The paper are organized into 116 units based on names and topics.
The materials were gathered or created by William Berry McKoy (1852-1928) with additions
and organization by his son, Henry Bacon McKoy, and includes genealogical correspondence
and writings of Henry Bacon (1822-1891).

Contents list

Arrangement: alphabetical by individual names, family names, places, organizations,
institutions, topics and other priciples. Note that original arrangement and folder
titles have, for the most part, been retained.